Verse 2.33

Verse 2.33: “But in case thou dost not wage this righteous war, thou wilt then have given up thy Dharma and the glory; (and) sin shall be thy portion. (196)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

Now to abandon this war and get dipped into lamentation over what is merely fancied is like you yourself courting your own disaster. O Arjuna, it would amount to your voluntarily losing the fame acquired by ancestors, were you to lay down the arms in this battle. (Your) existing fame will wane and the whole world will censure you and serious mortal sins will seek you out and stick to you. Just as a widow is insulted everywhere, so is the fate of a man who leaves the path of religious duty, or just as the vultures mangle, from all sides, a corpse left in a forest, in the same way, great sins devour one devoid of any religion of his own.